On September 17 1939, the Soviet Red Army invaded Poland from the East while it was fighting Nazi Germany in the West.

Germany reacted incredulously to Russia defending its decision to invade Poland at the outset of World War II and claiming it only wanted to protect the local Ukrainian and Belarusian populations.

On This Day: Germany's Invasion of Poland. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland after signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with the Soviet Union.

Nazi Germany invaded Poland 85 years ago today on 1 September 1939, leading to the outbreak of World War II. Poland's President Andrzej Duda attended a commemorative ceremony this morning in ...

08/31/2024 August 31, 2024. World War II began with Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939. Adolf Hitler used a propaganda lie as a pretext to strike. It was a historic turning point that still has ...